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Three reasons things heating up in Donbas – The Washington Post
Despite severe budgetary constraints, and the UN`s pressure on both sides of the Donbas conflict to respect the peace settlement, Moscow is now reheating the frozen conflict in Ukraine, reads an article written for The Washington Post by Samuel Ramani, an expert specializing in post-1991 Russian foreign policy, who suggests three reasons for such...
Antonov showcases restored An-22 Antey cargo plane
The State Enterprise Antonov has restored the world`s first wide-body aircraft An-22 Antey, manufactured in 1964, presenting its first demo flight on Monday, ,May 30, according to an UaPosition correspondent.The airplane was rolled out from hangars to the company airfield in grand livery of Antonov Airlines. The plane was piloted to the nearby...
Ukraine offers U.S. joint production of rocket engines to replace Russian models
The United States are interested in joint manufacturing and development of a rocket engine together with Ukraine to replace the Russian models on which the U.S. space industry is totally dependent at the moment, that`s according to the head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU), Lyubomyr Sabadosh, who spoke at a press conference Monday...
Updated death toll of Ukraine troops in Donbas: 42 KIAs, 350 WIAs since year start – NSDC
According to the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Mykhailo Koval, who spoke at a meeting of the interparliamentary assembly of the Verkhovna Rada, the Seimas of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of Poland, 42 soldiers have been killed and another 350 wounded in eastern Ukraine since the beginning of...
NABU launches probe into allegations of ”black accounts” of Party of Regions
Ukraine`s newly-created anti-corruption watchdog, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, has launched an investigation based on the statement of the former first deputy chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine, Viktor Trepak, according to the NABU`s website.A corresponding entry to the database of pretrial investigations was made on Monday, May...
KGB monument in Kyiv demolished on fourth attempt
A monument to Soviet-era KGB servicemen was completely destroyed in downtown Kyiv, according to Ukraine Today. The dismantling works re-started a week ago. Today, on May 29, it was taken down with the help of an excavator. The method caused some outrage since the monument was planned to be transported to the Soviet-art museum, Ukraine Today...
Ukraine starts anti-dumping probe into Russian chocolate
Ukraine has started an anti-dumping probe into Russian imports of chocolate and cocoa products at artificially lowed prices in 2012-2014, according to the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade.The investigation was launched at the request of the Ukrkondprom association, which comprises Roshen Confectionery Corporation, PJSC Kharkiv...
DW: Heavy rains cause deadly flooding in southern Germany
Three people have been killed as violent weather struck the southwestern German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. Heavy rain caused an underground car park to collapse, according to Deutsche Welle.Much of the destruction is centered in the town of Schwabisch Gmund in the East Wurttemberg region. Authorities said a volunteer firefighter was killed while...
Ukrainian fruit growers seek state support
The Ukrainian association of gardening and small fruit growing, Ukrsadprom, appeals to the Ukrainian authorities for support of the domestic gardening, berry growing and germination sectors with a view of mitigating the consequences of trade war with Russia.Ukrsadprom sent an open letter with the relevant appeal to the president of Ukraine, the...
Poroshenko appoints new ambassador to Hungary after two-year break
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Liubov Nepop Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Hungary, according to presidential decree No. 228 of May 30.Nepop has previously held the position of Acting Chairman of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union.In 1997-2000 and 2007-2008, she worked at the Embassy of...